Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2020
Even though the captain Virat Kohli is popular as the best guy in the Indian cricket team but the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team has never won the title of the Indian Premier League (IPL) played till now.
In the 13th edition of the league, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will start the IPL 2020 with a match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their home ground in Bengaluru. The match will be held in the M Chinnaswamy stadium on 31st March 2020. RCB will be playing two matches in the afternoon starting at 4 pm and 12 matches in the evening starting at 8 pm.
The team is going to enter IPL 2020 with a more efficient squad as they bring in Australian Aaron Finch and South African Chris Morris, and others. It has been expected that these new members will be providing much-needed support to the captain Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at the marquee event.
The performance of the team in the last two seasons of the IPL has not been very impressive as it got the eighth position in the IPL 2019 and sixth in the IPL 2018.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of a franchise cricket team of the Indian Premier League that represents the city of Bangalore, Karnataka in India. Royal Challengers Bangalore team was found in the year 2008.
The estimated brand value of Royal Challengers Bangalore is $98 million (Rs 680 crore). The logo of the team initially had the RC emblem in yellow colour on a red base of circular shape. "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in the written on it in black text in the circular logo. No such major changes have been made to the design of the logo other than replacement of the yellow colour with gold from the year 2009. It had a dotted white circle around the emblem of RC. The motto of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team is Ee sala cup named. The current theme song of RCB is "Play Bold".
Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL 2020 full schedule, match timings and venue details:
31st March 2020, Tuesday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
5th April 2020, Sunday
Match: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 16:00
Venue: Mumbai
7th April 2020, Tuesday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
10th April 2020, Friday
Match: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Delhi
14th April 2020, Tuesday
Match: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Mohali
18th April 2020, Saturday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
22nd April 2020, Wednesday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
25th April 2020, Saturday
Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Jaipur
27th April 2020, Monday
Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Chennai
3rd May 2020, Sunday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Time: 16:00
Venue: Bengaluru
5th May 2020, Tuesday
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Hyderabad
10th May 2020, Sunday
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Time: 20:00
Venue: Kolkata
14th May 2020, Thursday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
17th May 2020, Sunday
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
Time: 20:00
Venue: Bengaluru
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for IPL 2020
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for IPL 2020 includes Virat Kohli, A B de Villiers, Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Kane Richardson, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Isuru Udana, Devdutt Padikkal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande and Shahbaz Ahmad.
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